1903: Bhagwati Charan Sharma – a leading Hindi writer who wrote several novels – was born. His most famous work is Chitralekha.

1908: Ganpatrao Devji Tapase – an Independence activist – was born in Haryana. He later went on to become Uttar Pradesh’s governor.

1928: Plan for freeing India from Colonial Rule was laid down by Jawaharlal Nehru. Next year 1929 he was unanimously elected as INC (Indian National Congress) President.

1936: Madam Bhikaji Rustum Cama died at Bombay (now Mumbai). She was a revolutionary, a freedom fighter and a politician.

1983: INSAT-1B (Indian National Satellite) launched by US Space Shuttle. It was the nation’s meteorology and multipurpose communication satellite. It was designed to last for 7 years but it worked longer than that.

1990: Prasar Bharati Bill unanimously passed by Parliament.

1992: First Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) that was built in India by India made a successful flight in Bangalore for the first time.

1993: Higher commission declared for Petrol and LPG dealers.

2000: Atal Bihari Vajpayee – the then PM of India announced a package scheme for small units where loan ceiling of INR 10 lakhs was increased to INR 25 lakhs. Handloom sector received another scheme that came at a cost of INR 447 crores.

Today in History – August 30: “World”

526: Dysentery kills King Theoderic the Great at Ravenna. Amalasuntha, daughter of the King, takes control as regent for Athalaric – her 10-year-old son.

1363: Battle of Lake Poyang begins and continues for 5 weeks. Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang – the two Chinese rebel leaders clash with each other in the battle in order to decide who will be replacing Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang won.

1464: Pope Paul II becomes 211th Pope by succeeding Pope Pius II.

1590: Tokugawa Ieyasu entered into the Edo Castle. As per traditional Japanese date, the event took place on August 1, 1590.

1727: Great Britain’s King George II’s eldest daughter Anne gets the title ‘Princess Royal’.

1813: French forces lose to allied forces of Austria, Prussia and Russia in First Battle of Kulm.

1835: Melbourne, Victoria founded.

1914: Russia defeated by Germany at Battle of Tannerberg during World War I.

1918: Vladimir Lenin – the Bolshevik leader seriously injured as Fanni Kaplan shoots him. Only a few days earlier, Moisei Uritsky – a senior Bolshevik official was assassinated. This leads to the command for Red Terror.

1922: Turkish War of Independence’s final battle fought at Battle of Dumlupınar. Turkish forces and Greek forces face each other, ending with a decisive Turkish victory.